KennyRE317
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- 18/10/13
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i've had a real hectic 2-3 months that i don't want to go through again but things are finally settling down and i'm trying to look forward to spring, which feels like it's right around the corner. ScotTi sent me a care package with a handful of plants from already rooted to top cuttings with no roots and i took some of the top cuttings and cut about 2" from the bottom to give myself a shot at rooting logs.
i got the care package around end of October and i vased up the top cuttings upon arrival and nodes started forming within days and roots started growing slowly but steadily, i finally got around to potting them up yesterday since the leaves really started to brown out and i figured they probably wanted actual medium and let the roots dry out a bit.
i've been having issues getting the logs to root, i know trying to root in the winter isn't the best but it was a pretty short winter and never really got all THAT cold indoors, temps never dipped under 64°F and usually stays in the high 60's .... even though it doesn't dip low indoors it didn't really get over 70's over our winter. one of the 5 logs is starting to get growth above water so that one seems to be doing something and there's quite a few root nodes growing well, the other 4 are just sitting there maybe one or two of the 4 have one root growing area but hasn't really formed yet.
i tried rooting the logs horizontally and i did change the water at least every other day, and sit in a fairly bright spot with lots of indirect sunlight on the window sill.
in socal our outdoors is really starting to warm up and our night time temps aren't really dipping much these days and i want to get a headstart on spring. i want/need to see what i'm doing wrong since i'm only planning on putting in one or two good sized orders and i want to do it soon to ensure the plants can take advantage of the 8mo growing season.
thanks in advance and happy growing
i got the care package around end of October and i vased up the top cuttings upon arrival and nodes started forming within days and roots started growing slowly but steadily, i finally got around to potting them up yesterday since the leaves really started to brown out and i figured they probably wanted actual medium and let the roots dry out a bit.
i've been having issues getting the logs to root, i know trying to root in the winter isn't the best but it was a pretty short winter and never really got all THAT cold indoors, temps never dipped under 64°F and usually stays in the high 60's .... even though it doesn't dip low indoors it didn't really get over 70's over our winter. one of the 5 logs is starting to get growth above water so that one seems to be doing something and there's quite a few root nodes growing well, the other 4 are just sitting there maybe one or two of the 4 have one root growing area but hasn't really formed yet.
i tried rooting the logs horizontally and i did change the water at least every other day, and sit in a fairly bright spot with lots of indirect sunlight on the window sill.
in socal our outdoors is really starting to warm up and our night time temps aren't really dipping much these days and i want to get a headstart on spring. i want/need to see what i'm doing wrong since i'm only planning on putting in one or two good sized orders and i want to do it soon to ensure the plants can take advantage of the 8mo growing season.
thanks in advance and happy growing